This thread resides in Documentation, Tips & Tricks because that's exactly what it is. If you want to debate the reasons for running IE in Linux, use this thread where we've collected all earlier posts to that end. However, since we're unable to merge individual posts from one thread into an existing other thread, every future post in here that attempts to question the sanity of the approach will simply get deleted. --plate

I did have IE working with a previous version of wine, but since emerging the latest I had problems. So I rremoved my ~/.wine and followed the installation instructions with no joy, just the above problem Any clues??

If you have wine 20040408 you can do steps 2, 3, 9, 4, then do a minimal install selecting only the browser and VB Script support. You will get an error message. Click OK and go on until the browser is installed. Then reboot (wineboot) and click OK when you get error messages. Do steps 11 and 12 and you're done.

I think I did all the steps by the book. I had one issue though, in "Step 7", I had to move the whole mess into my home dir, and rename "IE_2.cab" to "ie_2.CAB", otherwise cabextract couldn't find it. Also Photoshop doesn't work with the new "stable" WINE version either (it claims "success" tho'). I really think they should test WINE with some applications before releasing it. Is there some way to know what's changed between WINE releases(/snapshots)?_________________C is for Cookies!

But that's just a comment cause Internet Explorer works fantastic now!! Thanks!!

edit: I also tried to install it on my laptop which had wine version 20040121 installed and IE could not start. I recieved a sh*tload of errors. I installed the same version that I have on my desktop which is 20031212 and after that it ran again fantastic. Just to let you know!

Last edited by RikBlankestijn on Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:09 pm; edited 1 time in total

If you have wine 20040309 you can do steps 2, 3, 9, 4, then do a minimal install selecting only the browser and VB Script support. You will get an error message. Click OK and go on until the browser is installed. Then reboot (wineboot) and click OK when you get error messages. Do steps 11 and 12 and you're done.

This works great for me, thanks. You can solve the problem with the proxy by downloading the files manually (google for 'IE_S1.CAB' or something like that and use w3mir for fetching all files. But be careful - the first set of files i downloaded were russian ones, i also ran over turkish ones. Not that i can't speak russian, but the characters don't show up properly.)

I've tried plugging these lines into google and bugzilla, but have had little success.

Honestly I'm at a loss ( except maybe purchasing the supported version on transgaming ) , I dont want IE for its browsing , but rather its ability to surfto zone.com and toontown.com, ie the web pages needed to log into the mmorpg's that we play. IE is just there to "click the link" so to speak. Thats why im wondering if running it in two seperate wines would even work, because the program files for the games wouls have to be in the same Program files as IE ... just typing it is making my head spin ....

Anyways, if theres any more info i can post lemme know ( note newb status )

I am having a strange problem with IE. I am able to run it, but instead of displaying pages it tries to save them to disk. If I try to open the file IE chashes.

On a semi-related note: I am behind a http proxy, and I open "internet options" (isn't it a part of windows and not IE?), so I would have thought that the proxy would have been a problem. Yet I have been able to download pages (even though I can't see them in IE). Anyone know how the proxy is setup for IE under wine?

EDIT: As for the legality, you are required to have a valid windows license to install and run internet explorer._________________It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. -Mother Teresa